Director of the Native American Studies Program at the University of Oklahoma, and Adjunct Associate Professor in the University's Department of Anthropology. He received his PhD in archaeology from Southern Methodist University, was the Choctaw Nation's tribal archaeologist (2002-09) and now serves on the Nation's Repatriation Committee. His research interests include the ethical practice of anthropology and disciplinary relationships with descendant communities and Aboriginal populations.

Author of Indigenous Archaeology: American Indian Values and Scientific Practice (2000), Reclaiming Physical Heritage: Repatriation and Sacred Sites (2005), and contributor to Cross Cultural Collaboration: Native Peoples and Archaeology in the Northeastern United States (2006), Kennewick Man: Perspectives on the Ancient One (2008).

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